Blume in his original deseri tion of Pa chystem on 
t rilobum (Bijdr.Flor.Ned.Ind.il p. 5 ^ 6 ) Joes not 
mention horns on the fruit. Mueller ;DC Prodr.XV, 
p. 589 ) said that there were none and that he had seen 
Blutae's specimen at Leiden. Smith (Bijdr.No.12 
doomeoorten of Java 1910 ) said that the fruits on 
flume's sped en must have been young and therefore 
without horns. Could yovi find dlume’s specimen and 
see how it agrees with the malayan ores that I shall 
send*? Sven if the fruits on Blume’s specimen are 
young it should be possible to distinguish the two 
species by means of the female inflorescence. 
Thera should also be a bornean specimen of 
M.diverging Muell.Ajsg. at Leiden, which is the type 
of the species. So it the same as M,cornuta (i.e. 
M.Hulle ttii )? 
X apologise x'or glvin* you 30 much trouble, out 
I will greatly appreciate your assistance. If I am 
correct in my interpretation of -Mueller's two species, 
then 3.1 »fiu 1 Is11ii and several other species become 
synonyms of M. cornuta and we shall have made another 
step forward in the taxonomy of eastern plants. 
Yours sincerely 
Assistant Director of Gardens, d.S 
